Peri’s head snapped back as if he’d slapped her. “Depression? Medicine? Do you hear yourself right now?” Her voice rose with indignation, but Lucian was prepared for her response. Well, mostly prepared. Peri’s body glowed, but not with the white light with which he was familiar. Instead, she smoldered with a red aura, as if her skin was on fire, as if her blood was illuminating her from the inside. “I am not human! I do not suffer their afflictions. I am a high fae. I do not need to speak to anyone. And the Great Luna has already spoken her peace on the matter. It was Vasile and Alina’s time to go. End of story.” She swiped her hand sharply through the air as if wiping the alpha pair out of existence and somehow settling the matter in one gesture.
He shook his head at her. Lucian hadn’t e
